World War Two’s Eastern Front: 8 Facts You Must Know
These are 8 facts every history buff must know about the Eastern Front of World War Two. WWII’s Eastern Front, between June 1941 to May 1945 – Nazi Germany under…
WATCH: Panzerjäger Tiger Elefant Sd. Kfz. 184 Tank Destroyer
When Ferdinand Porsche offered his designs for the Tiger II tank in 1939, it was deemed too unconventional. It was also considered too demanding to…
32 sad, tragic but fascinating colorised images of WWII
Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colourisation. The beauty of these colourised images is that colour, allows you…
World War Two ducks find home in Wisconsin
World War Two DUKWs or Ducks are still being used in the US state of Wisconsin to ferry tourists across the Wisconsin River. The boats are known…
Propeller from a German U-boat is returned to its Homeland
One of the most feared weapon of the World Wars, German U-boats gained reputation for stealth and deadliness especially in the First World War. In…
Napoleon’s planned route to London
Martello Tower at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex As the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo is commemorated, the people of Essex in the south east of…
Last Cold War Vulcan Bomber retires
[Via] The UK’s last Cold War Vulcan bomber is to be grounded after this summer. During the Cold War from the 1950s to the 1970s…
Watch: Incredible gun camera footage of a Me 262 being shot down
This amazing U.S. gun-camera footage shows an American fighter firing at a German Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter jet. These planes would normally fly at speeds…
Ghosts of the Gooney Bird Volume 3 – By Hans Wiesman
In my previous Blogs Ghosts of the Gooney Bird, I showed pictures of crashed , lost and derelict Douglas C-47’s/ DC-3’s/ Dakotas. Most of them…
“THE GÖRING TELEGRAM” – Hermann Goering Telegram to Adolf Hitler On Auction!
This telegram is one of the most historic and famed messages from World War 2. It is a copy, which was discovered by Martin Bormann,…
Richard Bong, USA’s Highest Scoring Ace of WWII Was Killed In A Test Flight
The names that line the pages of history are many in number – the lengthy lists of men and women who fought, who died, who…
German spies in Ireland during World War Two
75 years ago German spies landed at Dingle Peninsula in southern Ireland. France had just fallen under Nazi occupation and the first massive air bombing…